March, 1997 Preliminary Local Climatological Data Rochester, MN National Weather Service |-Temperature-|--------Degree Days---------|-Precipitation-|-Snowfall-|----Wind----| (degrees F) (base 65 degrees F) (inches) (inches) (mph, deg) Heating Cooling Max Min Avg Dep HDD Seas Dep CDD Seas Dep Tot Tot Norm Tot Tot Avg Pk Dir from for for for for for Spd Gust at Norm Seas Seas Mon Mon Seas Pk Date | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 36 22 29 6 36 6581 321 0 0 0 0.05 0.05 0.04 T 62.9 18.5 33 300 2 27 15 21 -2 44 6625 323 0 0 0 0 0.05 0.08 0 62.9 9.1 28 290 3 31 24 28 4 37 6662 319 0 0 0 0.03 0.08 0.12 0.5 63.4 12.7 24 130 4 29 14 22 -2 43 6705 321 0 0 0 0.08 0.16 0.16 1.2 64.6 16.4 36 260 5 19 11 15 -9 50 6755 330 0 0 0 T 0.16 0.20 0.1 64.7 12.6 26 300 6 17 5 11 -14 54 6809 344 0 0 0 T 0.16 0.24 0.1 64.8 15.8 32 320 7 29 7 18 -7 47 6856 351 0 0 0 0 0.16 0.29 0 64.8 11.1 22 130 8 38 12 0 9 39 30 35 9 30 6926 343 0 0 0 0.08 0.25 0.39 0 64.8 18.2 34 320 10 44 30 37 10 28 6954 333 0 0 0 0 0.25 0.44 0 64.8 14.3 28 220 11 38 29 34 7 31 6985 326 0 0 0 0 0.25 0.49 0.0 64.8 9.0 21 350 12 30 27 29 1 36 7021 325 0 0 0 0.06 0.31 0.54 0.7 65.5 12.3 24 90 13 28 19 24 -4 41 7062 329 0 0 0 0.85 1.16 0.59 10.5 76.0 18.0 30 50 14 19 -1 9 -20 56 7118 349 0 0 0 0.13 1.29 0.65 2.1 78.1 21.0 39 330 15 10 -10 0 -29 65 7183 406 0 0 0 0 1.29 0.71 0 78.1 10.4 21 310 16 35 -7 14 -16 51 7234 422 0 0 0 T 1.29 0.77 T 78.1 20.5 38 180 17 37 27 32 2 33 7267 387 0 0 0 0.05 1.34 0.83 .2 78.3 13.0 31 210 18 33 17 25 -6 40 7298 389 0 0 0 0.18 1.52 0.89 2.5 80.8 9.4 23 60 19 37 10 24 -7 41 7339 396 0 0 0 0 1.52 0.95 0 80.8 12.8 30 210 20 43 26 35 3 30 7369 393 0 0 0 0 1.52 1.01 0 80.8 10.4 26 210 21 43 33 38 6 27 7396 387 0 0 0 0 1.52 1.07 0.0 80.8 18.3 38 310 22 40 31 36 3 29 7425 384 0 0 0 0 1.52 1.14 0.0 80.8 13.3 26 340 23 35 26 31 -2 34 7459 386 0 0 0 0 1.52 1.21 0.0 80.8 9.9 18 20 24 33 28 31 -3 34 7493 389 0 0 0 0.09 1.61 1.28 0.8 81.6 17.3 30 130 25 34 28 31 -3 34 7527 392 0 0 0 0.01 1.62 1.35 0.1 81.7 18.9 36 300 26 57 25 41 6 24 7551 386 0 0 0 0 1.62 1.42 0 81.7 13.6 29 210 27 65 36 51 16 14 7565 370 0 0 0 0 1.62 1.49 0 81.7 15.0 29 190 28 51 36 44 8 21 7586 362 0 0 0 0.01 1.63 1.56 0 81.7 13.0 31 180 29 45 35 40 4 25 7611 358 0 0 0 0 1.63 1.63 0.0 81.7 10.9 21 340 30 42 28 35 -2 30 7641 360 0 0 0 T 1.63 1.70 0 81.7 12.6 31 310 31 53 22 38 1 27 7668 359 0 0 0 0 1.63 1.78 0 81.7 12.8 28 170 MARCH CLIMATOLOGICAL REPORT FOR ROCHESTER MN MARCH OF 1997 WAS SLIGHTLY COLDER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL IN ROCHESTER WHILE THE SNOWFALL OF 18.8 INCHES WAS EXACTLY DOUBLE THE NORMAL OF 9.4 INCHES. THE MAIN WEATHER EVENT OF THE MONTH OCCURRED ON THE 13TH WHEN A WINTER STORM BROUGHT 10.5 INCHES OF SNOW THAT DAY WITH A TOTAL STORM SNOWFALL OF 13.3 INCHES. THIS STORM ALSO PROVIDED THE SNOW WHICH BROKE THE RECORD FOR A WINTER SEASON IN ROCHESTER. THE PREVIOUS RECORD SEASON SNOWFALL WAS IN THE WINTER OF 1950-1951 WHEN 77.5 INCHES FELL. TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE WINTER OF 1996-1997 IS NOW 81.7 INCHES AS OF THE END OF MARCH. TEMPERATURE DATA...... (DEGREES F) AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE.... 28.5 OR 1.3 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 36.3 AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 20.8 HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 65 ON DAY 27 PRECIPITATION DATA.... ..RAIN.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 1.63 OR 0.15 INCHES BELOW NORMAL TOTAL SINCE JANUARY 1ST..... 4.18 OR 0.88 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL GREATEST 24 HOUR PRECIPITATION 0.85 INCHES ON THE 13TH. ..SNOW.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 18.8 TOTAL FOR THE SEASON........ 81.7 GREATEST 24 HOUR SNOWFALL WAS 10.5 INCHES ON THE 13TH. ..NUMBER OF DAYS.. WITH .01 INCHES OR MORE 13 HIGHS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 10 WITH .10 INCHES OR MORE 4 HIGHS 90 DEGREES OR WARMER 0 WITH .50 INCHES OR MORE 1 LOWS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 27 WITH 1.00 INCHES OR MORE 0 LOWS 0 DEGREES OR COLDER 3 SEA LEVEL PRESSURE............ HIGHEST 30.52 INCHES ON DAY 15 LOWEST 29.35 INCHES ON DAY 28 WIND DATA............. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY WIND SPEED WAS 14.3 MPH THE FASTEST TWO-MINUTE WIND WAS... 36 MPH FROM 170 DEGREES THE HIGHEST PEAK WIND GUST WAS.... 41 FROM 170 DEGREES